This proposal by the Ford…

This proposal by the Ford administration is a massive overreach of his *provincial* government, that is designed to add unnecessary red tape to ordinary *municipal* affairs.

I use bike lanes every day, and depend on the already sparse bike network for my daily routine. For many people in Ontario, bike lanes are a necessary piece of transportation infrastructure, just the same as roads and sidewalks.

Specifically, the proposed legislation to remove the bike lanes along Bloor, Yonge, and University is an enormous waste of public funds, and threatens a vital piece of multi-modal transportation in Toronto. These routes all run along subway lines, and together they form a vital transportation network that is greater than the sum of its parts. Personally, the removal of these bike lanes would force me to switch from primarily commuting by bike, to primarily commuting using my car – further contributing to the problem of congestion.

This proposal by Doug Ford is ideologically motivated, and is designed to accommodate a single mode of vehicular transportation. It caters to a single demographic, and completely disregards the diverse needs of the people of Ontario.

Bike lanes are vital component of the SOLUTION to congestion, not the cause of it. Ironically, this bill will ultimately cause what it sets out to prevent, by forcing more people to drive where they otherwise would not have.

There is no solution to congestion without viable alternatives to driving.